Bathtub trap



Feb. 6, 1923.

H. EDELIVIAN.

BATHTUB TRAP.

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Fatented Feb. i923 HENRY EDELMAN, or PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PHILJI STILLMAN, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

BATHTUB TRAP.

Application led .Tune 6,

To all rc/tom t may conce/ra:

Be it known that l, HENRY EnnLMAN, a citizen or the United States, residing .in the city and county oil Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Bathtub Trap, of which the following is a specication. v

My invention consists ot a bath tub trap adapted to be placed below the tub so as to save space in an apartment in which the tub is seated, and in providing the shell or body of the trap with inlets for the water rfrom thev tub and the overiiow pipe and an outlet for the same, said'outlet providing a trap :in the same and in said body, and a 'plurality Vof means for access to said shell or body at diiierent places as may be most convenient from the positioning oi the tub for removing and clogging deposits in said shell or body, or otherwise cleansing the latter.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but. the important instrume'ntalitiesv thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the speciiic details shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit or scope oi" the claims.

Figure l represents a longitudinal section of a tra-p embodying my invention, and a longitudinal section of a4 portion oi a tub to `which the trap is applied, and a side elevation of the overflow pipe partly 'broken awa'y and in section.

VFigure 2 represents a side elevation of the trap on an enlarged scale at a right angle to that shown in Figure l.

i Figure 3 represents a top or plan view of what is shown in Figure l. i

Figure 4 represents a vertical sectionk on line 4 4 Figure 3.

Figure 5 represents a top or plan view partly in horizontal section of another enibodiment oi the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the gures. .liefen ring to the drawings l designates the shell of a bath tub trap, the same consisting oi a hollow body having on one side in the longitudinal direction of the device, the tubular branch Qwith which may be connected the overflow pipe 3 whereby the water from the tub may enter the shell. On the side of the shell at opposite 1922. Serial No. 566,250.

places in the transverse direction olt the device are the tubular branches respe :tively 4 and 5 which are provided respectively with caps 6 and 7 for closing the saine. Extending from the body in the direction opposite to the branch 2 is the chamber 8 which is in communication with the interior ot said body and has an outlet 9 which rises 'from said chamber to a sufficient height to form a trap in the chamber and shell, and the intermediate neck 8, tubular neck 8X, it being seen that the latter is formed by the descending wall of the body l, and the opposite rising wall oi the chamber 8, the lower terminals ot said walls being joined by a horizontal wall 82' whichiiorms the top wall oi said neck, the same being below the seal lines of the body 2 and chamber 8 and the bottom wall 8 c `ly` which is common to said body and chamber, said neck forming the communication between said chamber and the body at the base thereof and preserving `said lines. Coupled with the wall of said'outlet end 9 of the chamber 8 is the upper end oit the goose neck or other shaped sewer connection pipe l0 whose lower portion may be passed through the loor on which the tub is supported Aand connected with a pipe leading to a sewer or other place to which the water from the tub may be directed. i

The coupling l1 of the pipe l0 and the chamber 8 may be a swivel whereby said 'pipe may be turned to the` right or lett as desired to accommodate itself to the iioor of the apartment which the tub occupies, and

it is firmly clamped to said chamber. Rising from the upper side of the bod-y is thebranch l2 which' communicates with the interior of said body and is lit-ted to the underside of the tub at the outlet or drain 13, the latter having` a closing stopper or plug, as usual.

The upper end of the overflow pipe 3 connected with the tub at the overflow open ing le in the latter as us-ual.

It will now be seen -the water from the tub both at the drei-i113 and the llower terminal cf the @vente pipes entere ai@ sii-er1 me is directed into the chamber 8 and is discharged therefrom into the pipe l0 whereby it is directed to the sewer.

, lt will be seen that the shell with its members and connection is placed beneath the tub and so does not occupy the space of the apartment about the side wall thereof, in the present instance at the right of Figure 1, and so providing suilicient space for the overflow pipe 3, the tub may be set close to said wall.

Should the shell be clogged, either cap 6 or 7 of the side branches 4 or 5, which latter provide openings for entrance into the shell may be removed as most convenient. of access y under the tub and so either branch is opened, and the interior of the body of the shell is made accessible to remove the clogging deposits therefrom.

In Figure 5, I show the body ofthe shell having at the top the tubular branch 12 ,tor connection of the overflow pipe 3 and on one side the transversely tubular extending branch 15 with which may be connected a pipe leading from the body to the sewer or other place of discharge ot' the water from the tub. On one side ot' the body in the longitudinal direction oi the device is the tubular branch 16 for connection of the pipe 17 attachable to the tub at the drain 13 ,thereof. On the side of the body opposite .to the branch 16 is the tubular branch 18 which is provided with the closing cap 19 which when removed admits access to the interior of the body for removing therefrom clogging matter that may have been deposited therein from the ltub at. the drain 13 thereof or from the overflow pipe 3.

It will be seen that the water from the tub flows directly through the body of the shell, the neck and trap chamber to the outlet and so swirls therethrough as to wash out the entire shell of collections or deposits in the same thus keeping it clear and clean.

It is designed to place the shell a short: distance above the floor so that the latter may be swept by a broom, etc. under the shell and so keep the iioor clean ther-eat and provide means for placing a pan under the shell to receive drippings it any and catchany of' the collections or deposits that may be scraped out and droptowards the floor. It will be seen that when either branch 4 or 5 is opened the seal or trap is preserved and so sewer gas cannot escape to the drain or overflow pipe and enter the apartment.

The branches 4 and 5 are just above the water line in the body 1 and the chamber 8, hence when the caps 6 and 'i' are unscrewed the seal lines in said chamber and body are pre`v served and so sewer gas is prevented Jfrom entering the bath room through said branches while the water that may be worked out with the cloggings through said branches by the operation of a suitable implement may drop into the pan which is seated on the licor and placed beneath the body as above stated.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1. In a bath tub trap, a body having a receiving chamber, an upstanding branch adapted to be connected with the drain of the tub, a branch on the side of said body adapted to be connected with the overflow pipe or' the tub, a clean-out branch on said side, a closing cap for said branch, an up standing outlet chamber opposite to said receiving chamber, depending walls intervening said chambers forming with the bottom walls of the latter a communicating tubular neck for said chambers, each chamber forming a trap, said cleaning-out branch being above said chambers. i q

2. In a bath tub trap, a body having a receiving chamber, an upstanding branch adapted to be connected with the drain of the tub, a branch on the side of said body adapted to be connected with the overflow pipe of the tub` a clean-out branch on said side, a closing cap for said branch, an in standing outlet chamber opposite to said receiving chamber, depending walls intervening said chambers forming with the bottom walls of the latter a communicating tubular neck for said chambers, each chamber torming a trap, said cleaning-out branch above said chambers, saidv outlet chamber being on the side of said body opposite to said receiving chamber, and both chambers being locatable directly below the tub.

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3. In a bath tub trap, the combination of .Y

a body having a receiving chamber provided at the top with an upstanding branch for connection with the drain of the bathtub, and on a side a branch for connection with the overflow ot the bath tub, Vopposed branches on said side for cleaning out purposes, caps for closing said opposed branches, an upstanding outlet, means for connecting the latter lwith a discharging goose neck, and depending walls intervening said outlet and receiving chamber forming with the bottom wall of the body a communicating tubular neck below the trap-line oft said bodyand said outlet, said outlet chamber being on the side ot said body opposite to said receiving chamber, and both chambers being adapted to be locatable directly beneath the tub. y

HENRY EDELMAN.

ll'fitnesses A JOHN A, VVinDnnsHinnu,l j N. BUSSINGER, 

